Umfang:
vi, 290 Seiten
ISBN:
9781137520661
,
9781349557523
Serie:
Palgrave studies in animals and literature
Inhalt:
Introduction. "Literature beyond the human" / David Herman -- Literary modernisms, animal worlds, and trans-species entanglements. "Kafka's animal stories: modernist form and inter-species narrative" / Marianne Dekoven; "The tortured animals of modernity: animal studies and Italian literature" / Damiano Benvegnù; "The black sheep: Djuna Barnes's dark pastoral" / Andrew Kalaidjian -- Literature beyond the human I: species, sexuality, and gender. "'Becoming men' and animal sacrifice: contemporary literary examples" / Josephine Donovan; "A tail for two theorists: the problem of the female monster in Katherine Dunn's Geek love" / Rajesh K. Reddy; "Friendship; or, representing more-than-human subjectivities and spaces in J. R. Ackerley's My dog tulip" / Shun Yin Kiang -- Literature beyond the human II: human-animal interactions across genres. "'A little wildness': negotiating relationships between human and nonhuman in historical romance" / Christy Tidwell; "Animal worlds and anthropological machines in Yann Martel's millennial novel Life of pi" / Hilary Thompson; "'Like words printed on skin': desire, animal masks, and multispecies relationships in Monique Truong's The book of salt" / Nandini Thiyagarajan -- Human-animal entanglements in late-20th- and early-21st-century fiction. "Horsescapes: space, nation, and human-horse relations in Jane Smiley's Horse heaven" / Jopi Nyman; "Animal others, other people: exploring cetacean personhood in Zakes Mda's The whale caller" / Craig Smith; "Ghostly presences: tracing the animal in Julia Leigh's The hunter" / Roman Bartosch
Anmerkung:
Literaturangaben und Index
,
Introduction. "Literature beyond the human" / David HermanLiterary modernisms, animal worlds, and trans-species entanglements. "Kafka's animal stories: modernist form and inter-species narrative" / Marianne Dekoven; "The tortured animals of modernity: animal studies and Italian literature" / Damiano Benvegnù; "The black sheep: Djuna Barnes's dark pastoral" / Andrew Kalaidjian -- Literature beyond the human I: species, sexuality, and gender. "'Becoming men' and animal sacrifice: contemporary literary examples" / Josephine Donovan; "A tail for two theorists: the problem of the female monster in Katherine Dunn's Geek love" / Rajesh K. Reddy; "Friendship; or, representing more-than-human subjectivities and spaces in J. R. Ackerley's My dog tulip" / Shun Yin Kiang -- Literature beyond the human II: human-animal interactions across genres. "'A little wildness': negotiating relationships between human and nonhuman in historical romance" / Christy Tidwell; "Animal worlds and anthropological machines in Yann Martel's millennial novel Life of pi" / Hilary Thompson; "'Like words printed on skin': desire, animal masks, and multispecies relationships in Monique Truong's The book of salt" / Nandini Thiyagarajan -- Human-animal entanglements in late-20th- and early-21st-century fiction. "Horsescapes: space, nation, and human-horse relations in Jane Smiley's Horse heaven" / Jopi Nyman; "Animal others, other people: exploring cetacean personhood in Zakes Mda's The whale caller" / Craig Smith; "Ghostly presences: tracing the animal in Julia Leigh's The hunter" / Roman Bartosch.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781137518118
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781137518149
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
Schlagwort(e):
Mensch
;
Tiere
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte 1900-2015
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